The Board School, designed by Henry Hall, was erected in 1876 on the site of an Elizabethan farmhouse, overlooking North Street. It has four gables, denoting separate entrances for girls, boys, infants, and the teacher’s house. It is now called Huish Episcopi Primary School. The flagpole base is still there, but there’s no flagpole.
The school was opened on New Year’s Day, 1877. The Headmaster, or Master of the Boys’ School, was Alfred Reynolds, and the Headmistress was his wife Marion. Marion remained Headmistress, or Mistress of the Girls’ and Infants’ Schools, for 35 years, resigning in 1912. Alfred, however, is a bit of a mystery. He disappeared from view at some point during 1900, perhaps due to illness. In the 1901 census he’s recorded as living in Weymouth, and he died in the Weymouth workhouse infirmary in 1910.
We have two school magazines: the first one was published in 1936 to celebrate their Jubilee; the second in 1937. You can read them here.
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